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The transfer of heat which requires physical contact between an object that has a large amount of heat energy and one that has a smaller amount of heat energy.
Industry:Aviation
The process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid (gas or liquid).
Industry:Aviation
A trigonometric function comparing two sides of a right triangle as follows: Cos = adjacent side hypotenuse
Industry:Aviation
A tool that cuts a cone-shaped depression around a hole in order to allow a rivet or screw to set flush with the surface of the material.
Industry:Aviation
States that a mixture of several gases which do not react chemically exerts a pressure equal to the sum of the pressures which the several gases would exert separately if each were allowed to occupy the entire space alone at the given temperature.
Industry:Aviation
An imaginary vertical plane or line from which all measurements of arm are taken. The datum is established by the manufacturer. Once the datum has been selected, all moment arms and the location of CG range are measured from this point.
Industry:Aviation
